The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-09-17
COUNTY COURT.
Proceedings OF the September Session,
1887.

lNouAhisslonefS VI. u courtney ana
Joel Bowlby.
Numerous allowances were made
that will appear in the annual state
ment in their proper places.
j. t. Eckhart VS.. Adam Eckhart
road case. 1t was ordered that the
report of the viewers in this case be
re-committed to A. b. Hoard. Alpine.
us Dilliner and John f. Price as to
that part of the work not already
done, with instructions to report ac-
cording to law.
s. A. Stansberry ct al VS.. Thos. f.
Watson ct al, road case. Ordered
that Sarah A. Boyers, Cornelius
Heston and the F. NJ. & P. Railroad
Company, certain of the parties
whose lands are to be taken for the
proposed improvement, be summon
ed appear on the second day of the
December special session to show
cause, dc.
w. B. Holbert ct al VS.. c. c. Lag
zell ct al, new road. The court be-
ing of opinion that the road ought
to be established, and the proprie-
tors of lands accepting damages of
fered, the work was ordered to be
done and road established.
Barnett Burns ct al VS.. John w.
Corrothers, road case The report
OF the viewers, to whom this was re
committed, and the court not de
Gliding against the work, it was or
dered that the proprietors whose
lands were to he taken be summon
ed to appear on the second day of
the January session of this court to
show cause, &c.
Marshall Hartley ct al VS.. John
and Harvey Brock ct al, new road
The viewers filed their report and
the court not deciding against the
work, the parties whose lands will
be taken were ordered to appear on
the second day of the January SEES
sion of this court to show cause, dc.
Thos. Williams ct al VS.. Mahala
McCord ct al, alterations in road.
Mahala McCord and Emrod Ten
nent, the only proprietors whose
lands will be injured by the propos-
ed improvement, filed paper waiv-
ing all claims to compensation for
same and alteration were ordered to
be made.
James Shaw ct al VS.. VIM. Peter
son ct al, road case. The order
made at the March session of this
court was set aside and VIM. Peter
son, the only proprietor whose land
would be taken and who had not
previously signified his willingness
to accept the compensation offered,
came forward and signed a paper
agreeing TO accept $50, and on other
conditions the road was ordered to
be established.
Isaac N. Austin ct al VS.. T. A.
Hawkins ct al, new road. The court
deciding to undertake this work pro-
ceeded to ascertain the damages
that would be due to the parties
whose lands would be taken, award
ed the same and ordered the work
to be done according to the report
of the viewers.
w. b. Frum ct al vs.. Freedom
Conway ct al, new road VIM. B.
Frum and others filed their petition
praying for the establishment of
new road from w. B. Frum's ford
through lands of VIM. b. Frum,
Freedom Conway and John Conway,
to Grant school house No. 9. |. c. |
Rich, U. Camp and John f. Price
viewers to view proposed
route and and report to court.
Lindsey G. Warner ct al VS.. John
Moore ct al, new road. Lindsey C. |
Warner ct al filed their petition pray
ing for viewers of road beginning
near an old lane west of the resi-
dence of John Moore and running
through the lands of John Moore
and Enos Warner to a point near
said Warmers residence. S. P. Ten
nant and G. w. johnson were ap.
pointed viewers to view the ground
and report to court.
Joseph Tenant, jr., VS.. Seth Ten
nant ct al, new road. The petitioner
being called failed to answer and
case dismissed at cost of petitioner.
Francis Costello ct al vs.. Smyth,
Chess ct al, road case. The parties
appeared by their attorneys, and for
reasons appearing to the court the
urther hearing of this case was
postponed until the third day of the
January session next of this court.
Ordered that l. S. Cox be author
zed to expend 500 in improving the
lew road between Jackson Smiths
md Ben Smiths lands in Grant dis
,rict, to be paid upon satisfactory
'eport that work has been done.
John H. Cole ct al VS.. Rose Ann
Musgrave ct al, alterations in road.
The court, after hearing the evidence
n this case, decided against doing
he work and ordered all further
proceedings to be dismissed.
Isaac Powell, Bartholomew Jen-
rims and James G. Wallace were
granted certificates TO obtain license
o keep hotels.
Hon. W. L. Wiley, clerk of the
curt, presented communication
rom the Hon. p. F. Duffy, Auditor,
that the value of the F.
N. & P. r. R. CO. property in Mon
'ngalia county, ascertained accord
ng to law, is 120,3S1.l9; wherefore
he court proceeded to apportion the
alue among the several districts,
school districts and
municipalities through which the
Dad passes as follows:
Morgan district, 1927, 207.0S.
Clinton district, $93,074.11.
Morgantown in Morgan district. {
1901.
South Morgantown, $12,653.53.
Independent school district, $780,
22.S4. S
All of which was ordered to be i
ertified accordingly.
Eugenius Jenkins, surveyor of '
Dads precinct No. 9, Clinton dis ]
riot, resigned his office as such sur
eyor, which was accepted. !
Ordered that l. N. Austin be APP
ointed commissioner to act in
with commissioner
rom Marion county to sell out the t
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